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Passenger Transport (General) Regulation 2017
68BNo interference with equipment on buses, ferries or trains
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#### 68B No interference with equipment on buses, ferries or trains
68B No interference with equipment on buses, ferries or trains
> > (1) A passenger must not, without reasonable excuse—
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> > > (a) interfere with any equipment attached to or forming part of a bus, ferry or train, or
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> > > (b) interfere with any part of a security camera system or duress alarm system fitted to a bus in accordance with clause 82 or cause or permit any such interference, or
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> > > (c) block a bus door or train door, or
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> > > (d) open a locked bus door or train door at any time, or
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> > > (e) open an unlocked bus door while the bus is in motion, or
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> > > (f) open an unlocked train door (other than an internal door or a door between carriages) while the train is moving, or
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> > > (g) in any way interfere with an automatically operated bus door or train door, or
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> > > (h) use the public address or other communications system of a ferry.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, do any of the following—
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> > > (a) use the public address system of a train or on a station or at a light rail stop,
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> > > (b) use any other communications system or information system of a train or on a station or at a light rail stop or on any other part of the infrastructure of a railway, or any emergency help point for passengers, for a purpose other than the purpose for which it is provided,
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> > > (c) apply or release any brake on a train,
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> > > (d) use or interfere with any emergency or safety equipment on a station or at a light rail stop or on any other part of the infrastructure of a railway,
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> > > (e) operate or otherwise interfere with any electrical or mechanical apparatus or device that is on railway premises or is attached to, or forms part of, any train,
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> > > (f) throw any article or thing at or towards, or otherwise interfere with, any electricity supply line or any electrical or mechanical apparatus on railway premises.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (3) In this clause, emergency or safety equipment includes closed circuit television cameras, emergency help points for passengers, emergency breakdown equipment, alarms, stretchers, fire extinguishers and the like.